Tag: fighter jets

China sends fighter jets near Taiwan in latest show of force

TAIPEI: China sent fighter jets and other military aircraft near Taiwan Friday in the latest of a series of drills which Beijing has said...

Thrifty at 50: Pakistan keeps ageing fighter jets flying

KAMRA: The sprawling complex at Kamra, west of Islamabad, reverberates at the thundering take-off of a Mirage Rose-1, the latest ageing fighter jet to...

‘Russia does not plan to sell fighter jets, weapons to Pakistan’:...

Russia has no plan to sell fighter jets, air defence systems and tanks to Pakistan, reported an Indian publication The Economic Times, dismissing a recent claim...

Pakistan looks to bolster air defence with Russian weapons, says minister

--Defence Minister Dastgir says Pakistan interested in buying air defence systems, fighter jets and battle tanks from Moscow   Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said...

US flies bombers over Korean peninsula with South Korean, Japanese fighter...

SEOUL: The US military flew two Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday amid...

Fighter jets, drones on table as US Defence Secretary visits India

NEW DELHI: Fighter jets, drone deals and shared concerns over Afghanistan´s security challenges look set to dominate the agenda when US Defence Secretary James...

IAF eyes 36 more Rafale fighters after it gets the first...

The first Rafale squadron (18 jets) will be based at Hasimara (West Bengal) to cater for the eastern front with China, while the second will come up at Ambala (Haryana) for the western one with Pakistan.

PIA plane escorted by Britain’s fighter jets after terror threat

  A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight was escorted to London's Stansted airport by Royal Air Force aircraft after a report of a 'suspicious object' on...

Saudi Arabia receives first F-15SA fighter of record-setting weapons order

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia flaunted its new F-15SA fighter jet at an airshow in Riyadh on Wednesday, demonstrating that it has begun receiving items purchased...

India sign $8.7b deal for purchase of French fighter jets

Rafale jets come equipped with state-of-the-art missiles like 'Meteor' and 'Scalp' India signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday...